T h e L i g h t St. Luke Catholic School

November 1, 2017

“See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God.” 1 John 3:1

St. Luke Catholic School www.stlukecatholic.org

1 Mass All Saints

Day, led by 1st gr. Book Fair, opens after Mass, closes at 6pm, Library Intermediate Strings Mad Science

2 Book Fair, 9am-

2:45pm, Library Advanced Strings

3 8th Gr. trip to T

Bar M PlayWellTech/STEM, after school

4 The Assembly Archdiocese of

San Antonio

5

6

No School

7 Choir Art Class

8 Intermediate

Strings Mad Science

9 Mass led by 6B

Advanced Strings

10 PTC Pizza Lunch “Civvies” Day PlayWell Tech/STEM after school

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Virtue of the Month for November: Kindness

WE are St. Luke Inspired! We appreciate

your interest in St. Luke Catholic School! We

hope that by checking our website:

stlukecatholic.org and visiting our school –

you get an insight into the great happenings

at St. Luke This week I would like to focus

on the great Halloween and All Saint’s Day

activities our students have been working on. Thank you

for everyone’s hard work with this endeavor and to our

Pumpkin Patch King and Queen crowned by our own Ms.

Molesky! It’s true that the ancient Celts of Ireland and Brit-

ain celebrated a minor festival on October 31–as they did

on the last day of most other months of the year. Howev-

er, Halloween falls on the last day of October because

the Solemnity of All Saints, or “All Hallows,” falls on No-

vember 1. Pope Gregory III (d. 741) moved it to Novem-

ber 1, the dedication day of All Saints Chapel in

St. Peter’s at Rome. All Saints' Day is a solemn holy day

of the Catholic Church celebrated annually on November

1. The day is dedicated to the saints of the Church, that

is, all those who have attained heaven. It should not be

confused with All Souls' Day, which is observed on No-

vember 2, and is dedicated to those who have died and

not yet reached heaven. Let us Thank St. Luke for be-

stowing his blessings upon all of us! www.catholic.org/

saints/allsaints/

Virtue of the Month for October -A Word from Mrs. Cover

Congratulations to the following students for consistently demonstrating the virtue of Patience during the month of October.

PK: Karlie Garza & Bruce Hernandez KA: Brandon Ramirez KB: Gavin Vidalez 1A: Xavier Morales 1B: Max Garcia & Marie Nguyen 2A: Jacquelyne Garcia 2B: Bella Rodriguez & Priyesh Patel 3A: Hayden Barrera

3B: Isabella Abad 4A: Anarose Urrabazo 4B: Paul Youree 5A: James Hernandez 5B: Alaina Solorzano 6A: Brianna Miles 6B: Julie Cernoch 7A: Pearl Serrano 7B: Izzy Halpin 8A: Jolie Gomez 8B: Nancy Garza

PTC Pizza Lunch Friday, November 10, 2017

Deadline to order: Friday, November 3, 2017

CLICK FOR THE ORDER FORM.

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Counselor’s Corner...

SAFE ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION

Personal safety guidance lessons from the Yellow Dyno program were presented to early childhood and elementary students during the month of October. The Archdio-cese of San Antonio takes a strong and positive stand for the protec-tion of children, and is committed to the prevention of abuse through education. The Archdiocese’s Office of Victim

Assistance & Safe Environment

(OVASE) has developed a hand-

book to provide parents with infor-

mation on abuse prevention. Par-

ents can find this handbook at

www.archsa.org. Click on Depart-

ments & Offices, and then click on

Child Protection. The handbook is

listed under documents.

National Vocations

Awareness Week

November 5-12, 2017

Please see the flyer on page 4

@savocations

www.archsa.org/vocations

ATTENTION PLEASE

PLEASE check the Lost & Found.

A large number of items have ac-

cumulated. We will be donating or

discarding items soon.

Yearbook Order Form Each family receives one yearbook at the end of the school year (the cost is included in your family’s tui-tion). If you are interested in order-ing additional yearbooks, they must be pre-ordered and pre-paid. Please click on this link for the or-der form. The cost is $50.00. The deadline to submit order forms and payment is Wednesday, November 15, 2017.

Well Done Academics Team!

Seven Math Team members par-ticipated in an Academic Contest last Saturday at Barbara Bush Middle School. Students compet-ed in Number Sense, Calculator, General Math, Spelling and Maps & Graphs. The participants were: Alexis Dolotina - 8

th

Van Nguyen - 8th

Minh Nguyen – 7th

Mathew Abejuela – 6th

Terrence Lascina – 6th

Chau Nguyen – 5th

Isabella Puente – 5th

We are proud announce the Mathew Abejuela placed 2

nd in

Spelling. Congratulations to all our participants!

From Ms. Vega: Attention Choir, Advanced and

Intermediate Strings

Choir, advanced strings and inter-mediate strings students will practice at St. Mary’s University on Friday, November 3, for the Assembly Mass which will take place on Saturday, November 4. Transportation to the practice will be by motor coach. Students will leave St. Luke at 9:15am and return to St. Luke at approximate-ly 1:00pm. PLEASE BRING A SACK LUNCH.

Congratulations Volleyball 2017 AIAL Champs!

Congratulations to the volleyball team and their coaches on a perfect sea-son! The volleyball team capped off their undefeated season by winning the AIAL championship and keeping the championship at St. Luke for an-other year. Congratulations go out to our championship all-tournament players Olivia Arredondo, Lindsey Olivarri and Alyssa Manitzas. Well done!

Great Job Football!

We are so proud of our football team; they played their hearts out and showed true grit and perseverance on the field at every game this season!

Rebel athletics…

Thanks for Clipping Box Tops!

Congratulations to 7B, Mrs. Al-bor’s homeroom, for turning in the most Box Tops for the Fall collection. 7B has won a pizza party. Please continue to save your Box Tops for our Spring collection. Thank you!

Round Up Some Great Reads! Tomorrow is the last day for the

Book Fair. The Book Fair will close promptly at 2:45pm on

Thursday, November 2.

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Around St. Luke this week…..

Congratulations to Angelica Vasquez and AJ Wylie for garnering the most votes for Queen and King of the Pumpkin Patch. Trey Hudgins was the winner of the piñata filled with candy and a $25 movie gift card. Many thanks to all who supported the Beta Club by purchasing a ballot. All pro-ceeds will benefit scholarships for 8th grade students.

Middle school teachers were in on the Halloween fun.

Pre-Kinder and Kinder students stopped by the office for some treats during their Halloween Pa-rade. First grade students led the All Saints Day liturgy for the school and parish communities.

Parish Arts & Crafts Fair Student Performance Times

Thursday, November 16 9:45-10:00 6A 10:15-10:30 6B 10:45-11:00 3A & 3B 11:15-11:30 7A 11:45-12:00 2A & 2B 12:15-12:30 4A & 4B 1:15-1:30 8B 1:45-2:00 1A & 1B 2:15-2:30 KA & KB Friday, November 17 9:15-9:30 8A 9:45-10:00 8B 10:15-10:30 PK 10:45-11:00 5A 11:15-11:30 5B 11:45-12:00 7B

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